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Israeli forces move 110 Palestinian civilians into a house and shell it repeatedly

AFP, Jerusalem
The United Nations yesterday cited witnesses saying Israeli forces moved about 110 Palestinians into a house, told them to stay inside, and later shelled it repeatedly, killing about 30 people.
The Israeli army said it had no knowledge of such an incident but was investigating.
The UN report said that "according to several testimonies, on 4 January Israeli foot soldiers evacuated approximately 110 Palestinians into a single-residence house in Zeitun (half of whom were children) warning them to stay indoors. Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately 30."
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) called the events in the Gaza City neighbourhood "one of the gravest incidents since the beginning of operations" by Israeli forces in Gaza on December 27.
"Those who survived and were able walked two kilometres to Salah Ed Din road before being transported to hospital in civilian vehicles. Three children, the youngest of whom was five months old, died upon arrival at the hospital," OCHA said.
Israeli military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said: "From initial checking, we don't have knowledge of this incident. We started an inquiry but we still don't know about it."
Rescuers from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society were only able to reach the area on Wednesday after waiting four days for Israel to allow them safe passage.
The Israel B'Tselem human rights group quoted a resident giving details of the alleged incident over the telephone but stressed it was unable to independently verify the account.
Meysa Fawzi al Samuni, 19, said soldiers forced her and dozens of others to move into the warehouse-like home of another resident. I\vo men who left the house to pick up a relative were struck by ”a missile or a shell," she said.
"My husband went over to them to help, and then a shell or missile was fired onto the roof of the warehouse. Based on the intensity of the strike, I think it was a missile from an F-16," B'Tselem quoted Samuni, the mother of a small baby, as saying.
"After the smoke and dust cleared a bit, I looked around and saw 20-30 people who were dead, and about 20 who were wounded."
She eventually managed to leave and find an ambulance. "As far as I know, the dead and wounded who were under the ruins are still there," she was quoted as saying.
Israel insists it is doing all it can to avert civilian casualties and protect humanitarian operations but has faced mounting international criticism after dozens of people were killed when troops fired at a school, and at least one person died after an aid convoy was attacked.